The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.*

The 50 Most Powerful People in D.C.*

In the year since we elected our new decider in chief, a lot of things in Washington have changed. Pelosi and Reid are trying to wield their majorities, Tom DeLay is on Dancing with the Stars, and Rahm took over the world. A whole new power structure has emerged. So in order to navigate it, we polled journalists, congressmen, lobbyists, think tankers, and influence peddlers and came up with our biennial list of the men and women who truly have clout—in a city where a lot of people think they do

*And to eliminate the obvious, all people with the last name Obama or Biden have been stricken from this list